Marriott Rewards MegaBonus is one I will likely complete. I love free night promotions that are achievable with low spend.

Sopot Marriott Resort near Gdansk, Poland is a category 5 hotel I would like to stay and there is Marriott Warsaw too. Marriott Lisbon is another hotel I would keep in mind for my travels.

Since I don’t earn Starpoints from credit card spend, SPG is a program I barely use anymore. Their promotions are weak for low spenders. I think I have only stayed one night at a Starwood Hotels in the past three years. There always seems to be a better hotel deal with some other hotel chain for my travels.

Marriott Rewards MegaBonus Fall 2017 T&C

Fall 2017 MegaBonus Terms and Conditions

*A ‘stay’ is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.

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@Stephen – you only receive one stay credit no matter how many rooms you book.

A ‘stay’ is one night or several consecutive nights.

You can stay a Friday night, check out and check back in for Sunday night at the same hotel and that counts as two stays. I have done this before when staying in one city and pick another hotel to stay Saturday night.

Marriott has properties adjacent to each other in some locations. For example, Morgan Hill, California has a Residence Inn and a Courtyard literally connected to each other.

If I stay Friday night at Residence Inn and Saturday night at Courtyard Morgan Hill, then that counts as two different stays because they are two different hotel properties, whereas two nights at Courtyard is only one stay.

I completed the requirements for the free night in the first week of this promotion. I received no information after that about the “additional offer may be unlocked”, so I sent in an inquiry to Marriott. In a lengthy response outlining what I already knew about earning the certificate, here is what was buried towards the end:

“”””The terms and conditions of the promotion specify:
“• If a member completes two qualifying stays during the promotional period, an additional offer may be unlocked and become available in the members account within 2-3 days after the second qualifying stay.”

I apologize that an additional offer will not be unlocked for all members who earn the free night e-certificate.

The terms and conditions of the Marriott Rewards program and this promotion can be found at the Internet web links provided below:””””””

So all I will receive for the entire quarter, when I over 11 more stays and 25+ nights already booked with another 10 stays and 20 nights left to book, is a certificate and no bonus points.

Pretty disappointed as my total nights stayed so far this year is 119. Makes me wonder which members actually qualify for the additional unlocked offer….